** Shares of aerospace and defense equipment supplier
Triumph Group TGI.N drop 21.5% to $12.90 before the bell
** TGI cuts FY net sales guidance to range of $1.17 bln -
$1.20 bln from prior range of $1.43 bln - $1.47 bln
** Reports Q3 rev of $285 mln, missing analysts' consensus
estimate of $368.4 mln - LSEG data
** Reports a Q3 surprise loss of 16 cents/shr on an adj.
basis vs expectations of a 14 cents/shr profit
** Six of eight brokerages rate the stock "buy" or higher,
one "hold" and one "sell"; their median PT is $20
** As of last close, stock had fallen close to 1% YTD; TGI
had surged over 57% in 2023
(Reporting by Shashwat Chauhan in Bengaluru)
((Shashwat.Chauhan@thomsonreuters.com;))